The Associated Press CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE: With shirts saying "fight poverty not the poor," people with the "Poor People's Campaign" gesture the group to remain quiet as the group leaves the Capitol Rotunda after praying in an act of civil disobedience in protest of the GOP tax overhaul, Monday, Dec. 4 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Trump, congressional leaders plan White House budget meeting

By ALAN FRAM and ANDREW TAYLOR The Associated Press

This article was published December 5, 2017 at 4:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON-- President Donald Trump and congressional leaders have scheduled a summit to begin sorting out their budget differences, top lawmakers and the White House said Monday, as a clash that could produce a partial government shutdown by the weekend hung in the balance.